1. (a) Any employee of an institution governed by the state board of regents, classified and unclassified, on a regular payroll appointment for .4 time or more, shall be accorded the resident fee privilege.

   (b)(1) The dependent spouse and children of any employee of an institution governed by the state board of regents, whether the employee's position is classified or unclassified, shall be accorded the resident fee privilege, provided that the employee holds a regular payroll appointment for 1.0 time.

   1. (2) The dependent spouse and children of any employee of an institution governed by the state board of regents, whether the employee's position is classified or unclassified, shall be accorded the resident fee privilege, provided that the employee holds a regular payroll appointment for at least .4 time but less than 1.0 time and is enrolled in a graduate program on the effective date of this regulation, until one of the following criteria is met:

      1. (A) the expiration of the time allowed in the relevant university catalog for the employee to complete the aforesaid graduate program;
      2. (B) a break in enrollment by the employee;
      3. (C) the employee's being awarded the graduate degree from the aforesaid graduate program; or
      4. (D) the end of the employee's employment.
2. (c) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to seasonal, temporary or hourly employees.

(Authorized by K.S.A. 76-730; implementing K.S.A. 76-729; effective, E-71-35, Aug. 20, 1971; effective Jan. 1, 1972; amended, E-76-50, Oct. 10, 1975; amended, E-77-5, March 19, 1976; amended Feb. 15, 1977; amended Nov. 18, 1991; amended March 6, 1998.)